Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. (
1947 -
1991) was an
astronaut, qualified for assignment as a mission specialist for the 1989 flight of Space Shuttle
Discovery. He died April 5,
1991, near
Georgia, in a commercial airplane crash. After his death, his name was given to the underwater astronaut training facility, to development of which he contributed substantially.
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